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<h1>Cherry, Chocolate, and Buttermilk Scones</h1>
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  <td>3 T sugar</td>
  <td rowspan="2">mix</td>
  <td rowspan="2" colspan="4" class="righthide">&nbsp;</td>
  <td rowspan="13">press</td>
  <td rowspan="13">bake 15-20 minutes at 375&deg;F (190&deg;C)</td>
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  <td>&#188; t cinnamon</td>
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  <td>1 c (140 g) all-purpose flour</td>
  <td rowspan="7">whisk</td>
  <td rowspan="8">cut</td>
  <td rowspan="10">stir</td>
  <td rowspan="11">stir</td>
  <td rowspan="11">form and cut</td>
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  <td>1 c (140 g) cake flour</td>
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  <td>&#188; c (50 g) sugar</td>
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  <td>2 t baking powder</td>
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  <td>&#189; t baking soda</td>
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  <td>&#188; t salt</td>
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  <td>1 t orange zest</td>
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  <td>8 T (1 stick, 115 g) unsalted butter, cold</td>
  <td>cube</td>
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  <td>&#190; c (90 g) dried cherries, sweet or sour</td>
  <td class="righthide" colspan="2" rowspan="2">&nbsp;</td>
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  <td>&#8531; c (40 g) miniature chocolate chips</td>
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  <td>&#8532; c (170 ml) buttermilk</td>
  <td class="righthide" colspan="3">&nbsp;</td>
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<li>Stir together 3 T sugar and the cinnamon. Set aside.</li>
<li>In a large bowl, whisk together the flours, remaining sugar, baking powder, baking
soda, salt, and orange zest.</li>
<li>Cut the butter into &#188;-inch cubes and add to the flour
mixture. Cut in, using a pastry cutter, your fingers, or the paddle
attachment of a stand mixer, until the mixture resembles cornmeal with
evenly dispersed chunks of butter.</li>
<li>Stir in the cherries and chocolate chips.</li>
<li>Stir in the buttermilk, just until a wet sticky dough is
formed.</li>
<li>Turn out the dough onto a lightly-floured work surface. Pat into a
round, 1&Prime; thick. Cut into 8 wedges.</li>
<li>Press the top of each wedge into the reserved cinnamon-sugar
mixture.</li>
<li>Bake 15-20 minutes at 375&deg;F (190&deg;C), until firm to the
touch and lightly golden brown.</li>
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<p>Makes 8 scones</p>
<p>Variation: substitute an equal amount of any dried fruit for the
cherries. Dried cranberries work very well.</p>
<p class="confession">Shamelessly stolen from David Leibowitz's <a
href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/59713">The Great Book of Chocolate</a></p>
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